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Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide

Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita mine a deep well of emotions in Naomi Kawase’s powerful melodrama True Mothers

This week I’m mostly recommending films about teens (and a few pre-teens). There are so many different ways to tell stories about teenagers, and I’ve found that independent cinema tends to reflect it with much more nuance than mainstream…